Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.

The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve.

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

A man is worked on by what he works on.

Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.

Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom